Originally Posted by
Osiris
I'm just going to go ahead and say it:
If we spend our entire lives railing against the darkest night that is "innovation breathing life into old concepts", we'll forever be relegated to how things used to be, golden ages, and bittersweet memories. Get past it. The future isn't going to stop coming just because things were "better when . . ." We don't need the viewers to expect anything than entertainment. We don't require the fans to accept it as canonical, and we don't need permission to push an idea, a dream, or a game further. There comes a time when you need to stand back and say, "Hey, there are people born after I was, people who know nothing or very little about the great stories of my youth. I don't need to place my own judgments on what could be their great stories. Nobody asked for my permission, so I guess I've got no need to be dismissive of what they're doing."
I'm not a big TOS fan, or TNG, or ST:V, and certainly not Enterprise. I loved DS9, but I would be pleased as shit if JJ were to say tomorrow, "Hey, guess what? We're going back to DS9! And get this! The captain? Played by Will Smith. Fuck it. Let's do this!" I'd go see it without hesitation, because I loved that universe. I don't care who plays who, and how many lens flares get in the way. At the end of the day--much like Batfleck--I'm just happy for another iteration of my favourite universes.
So let's go with this. Let just accept it as someone had a dream about Star Trek, and they opened up their hearts and poured it all out onto a plate for us to consume. So, pretty please, say thank you, and clean your fucking plate. There are starving kids in Africa who don't get any Star Trek.